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Word: lass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Laughton's gusty humour has had an amazing durability. His co-star, Maureen O'Hara, might also boast of her consistency throughout the years. Jamaica Inn proves conclusively that she was just as inept in 1939 as she is today. In the role of an Irish lass whose innocence is only overshadowed by her muscle, Miss O'Hara's acting is a pantomime with words...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Jamaica Inn | 9/30/1954 | See Source »

...credit of current pulp science fiction writers, they realize that fantasy must have some element of reality. And the best kind of reality is sex. Sometimes spatial experiences draw a Venusian lass and the captain of a space ship to a common understanding. Or an eloped couple find bliss on a planet called, ironically enough, Eros...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: Ooop, Glumf | 4/2/1954 | See Source »

While a score of student organizations prepared for possible surprise visits from the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, Cambridge and University police made plans to handle overflow crowds at Sanders Theatre tonight. Anxious for a seat, one hardy Boston lass camped out on the steps of Memorial Hall to be sure of getting first place in today's rush...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stevenson Speaks Tonight; Police Prepare for Crowds | 3/17/1954 | See Source »

...Switzerland's flossiest nightclubs, the Palladium in Geneva, Manager Jean Rings formed a low opinion of the talent of the lady pianist playing with U.S. Bandleader Joe Castor and his Hollywood Mocambo orchestra. The raven-haired lass, one Dolly Strayhorn, was plain butterfingered. Shortly after the orchestra wound up its two-week Palladium stand, Rings was awestruck to learn that Pianist Strayhorn was none other than Tobacco Heiress Doris ("Richest girl in the world") Duke, artfully slumming it, black wig and all, as a working girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 8, 1954 | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

Died. Kathleen Ferrier. 41, Lancashire lass who found her singing voice at 25 and was soon acclaimed one of the world's top contraltos; of cancer; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 19, 1953 | 10/19/1953 | See Source »

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